Mad Science: The Murder of Paul Maasland
Michel de Montaigne once wrote that obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness. If today’s story isn’t a flawless example of that, then I don’t think there’s ever been one. It’s almost a cliché...
29 Jan 202152min
Fox Hollow: Serial Killer Herb Baumeister, Part 2
In Part 1 we introduced you to Herb Baumeister: Husband, father of three, prominent Indianapolis businessman…secret necrophile. By the early 1990s, Herb and his wife Julie were practically printing mo...
22 Jan 202159min
Fox Hollow: Serial Killer Herb Baumeister, Part 1
We talk a lot about masks on our show. Most people wear them sometimes. We have our professional mask, our “make a good first impression” mask, our “fake it til you make it” one, when we don’t want an...
15 Jan 202140min
Neighborhood Watch: The Kidnapping of Doe Roberts
Small towns are interesting places. Everybody acts like they’re the “real” America—simple, safe places where life moves at a slower pace and everybody can trust everybody else. As true crime shows nev...
8 Jan 202148min
Bad, Bad Choices: Dipshits Grab Bag
The movie “The Room” is an interesting study. If you’ve never seen it, you should. Director (and I put that in air quotes) Tommy Wiseau, who may actually be an alien or some kind of undead creature fr...
1 Jan 202156min
A Spider's Web: A Killer Who Almost Got Away
We like to think we can trust ourselves—that our read on a situation, whatever that situation may be, is correct. We need to believe we’ve got this, we’re seeing the world as it really is, nobody’s go...
25 Dec 20201h 21min
Mommy Darkest: Sante and Kenny Kimes, Part 2
So, campers. Last week we introduced you to Sante Kimes: Liz Taylor lookalike, scammer, arsonist, sadist, and mother of Kenny Kimes, a promising young man she groomed as her partner in crime from the ...
18 Dec 202048min
Mommy Darkest: Sante and Kenny Kimes, Part 1
A wise man once said, “A boy’s best friend is his mother.” Oh, wait. That was actually Norman Bates, wasn’t it? Sorry. But a mother’s love IS one of the most powerful forces on earth. At its best, it’...
11 Dec 202043min
